| GIGLI | Beniamino -; tenor who made his operatic debut in 1914 in Ponchielli's La Gioconda (5) |
| BRYN | Welsh baritone who made his operatic debut in 1990 as Guglielmo in Cosi Fan Tutte, ... Terfel |
| GEDDA | Nicolai, Swedish tenor who made his US debut in 1957 (5) |
| BOITO | Italian composer who wrote the opera Mefistofele and the libretti to Verdi's Otello and Falstaff and to Ponchielli's La Gioconda (5) |
| PAVAROTTI | Who made his operatic debut Puccini's La Boheme in 1961? (9) |
| OPERA | Ponchielli's "La Gioconda," e.g. |
| OLIVERHARDY | Comedian who made his film debut in 1914 |
| MCKELLAR | Kenneth, Scottish tenor who made regular TV appearances on Hogmanay in the 1960s and 1970s (8) |
| ALFIE | - -- Boe, tenor who's made several albums with Michael Ball (5) |
| GJCOLES | Which retail entrepreneur opened his first shop in 1914 in Smith Street, Collingwood, using the slogan "Nothing over a shilling"? (1,1,5) |
| CINCINNATI | The last known passenger pigeon died in 1914 in this American city's zoo |
| MASERATI | Italian luxury vehicle manufacturer established in 1914, in Bologna, whose emblem is a trident |
| DANCE | Episode in Act 3 of Ponchielli's opera La Gioconda (5,2,3,5) |
| OFTHE | Episode in Act 3 of Ponchielli's opera La Gioconda (5,2,3,5) |
| HOURS | Episode in Act 3 of Ponchielli's opera La Gioconda (5,2,3,5) |
| PEARS | Peter, English operatic tenor who died in 1986 (5) |
| LISA
| and 6dn, Painting by Leonardo da Vinci also called La Gioconda (4,4) |
| LANZA | Tenor who portrayed Caruso |
| CIELO | 'La Gioconda' aria, '___ e mar!' |
| BRUSSELS | In which European city in 1887 did Helen Armstrong make her operatic debut under the name Nellie Melba? (8) |
